IN THE NEWS:
Jason Aldean, Carrie Underwood and Blake Shelton took home multiple trophies at the second annual American Country Awards Monday night (12/5) in Las Vegas.
Country cutie Taylor Swift again took home the CMA Award for Entertainer of the Year during a ceremony held Wednesday (11/9) at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville.
Clear Channel Radio today announced the first ever iHeartRadio Music Festival, promoting it as "the largest concert event in radio history featuring an unparalleled line-up of the biggest names in music."
The Stagecoach Music Festival 2011 took place over the weekend (4/30 - 5/1). The two-day event is fast becoming known as a "Country Coachella," in part because it takes place in the exact same location, Empire Polo Fields in Indio, CA.
This year's Stagecoach festival, which closed out on Sunday (5/1), will find a home in the history books on two points. Organizers are expected to announce record attendance levels, and the festival was likely the largest impromptu celebration site in the nation on Sunday night following the Obama announcement of the death of 9/11 mastermind Osama bin Laden in Pakistan.
Jason Aldean's four nominations topped the field for the 2011 CMT Music Awards, which will be handed out during a June 8 broadcast scheduled to air live from Nashville on CMT-TV and CMT.com.
Kenny Chesney, Carrie Underwood and Rascal Flatts are among the headliners for the second-annual Capital Hoedown country music festival August 11-13 in Ottawa, Ontario.
" American Idol" will celebrate its 10th anniversary by releasing a compilation CD including tracks by some of the show's top contestants.
